Clutch throw-out.



H. A. HANCQGK.

CLUTCH THROW-OUT.

APPLIcATIoN 'r1-LED MAY 11. 190s.

PmenteaApr. 2o, 1909.

@vih/masc o HARRY A. HANCOCK, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CLUTCH THROW-OUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2o, 1909.

Application mea my 11, 190s. semi No. 532,270.

To all 'whom 'mi ma/y concern:

Be it known that HARRY A. HANCOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana olis, in the county of Marion and State of In iana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clutch Throw-Outs, of which the following is a specification.

In intermittent clutch mechanism Where one member needs to be intermittently thrown out of engagement with the other, in order to stop the movement of a portion of the train, it has heretofore been quite common to provide a throwing lever and an o erating cam therefor, said lever being direct y connected to one of the clutch members and ca able of throwing it in one direction or the ot r by reason of the action of the cam on the lever. In such constructions, however, a considerable angular movement of the cam is necessary in order to produce the desired movement of the clutch member, and it has been found that there are times when the' clutch member is apt to only partially disenga e from its fellow.

he object of my present invention is, therefore, to produce a mechanism capable of withdrawing the movable clutch member positively and at a considerable speed, the operation of such member, however, being controlled by a cam or other suitable member carried by a time shaft or other member.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention:

Figure 1 is a plan of an apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 with the intermediate gears diagrammatically connected; Fig. 3 a section on line 3 3 of Fi 1 with the `onnecting gears'omitted, and i s. 4 and 5, details ofthe adjacent portions o the operating cam and the levers operated thereby showing means for producing a quick movement of the cam o erated levers in one direction.

In the rawings, 10 and 11 indicate a'pair of shafts connected by suitable intermediate gearing 1,2 which may be of anfy7 desired type and arrangement. Either sha t 10 or 1 1 may be the driving shaft, but in the form shown shaft 10 is intended as the driving shaft.b Journaled upon shaft 10 is a clutch member 13 which may be equipped witha gearor other portion 14 by means of which'the 1ntermittent rotary motion of the clutch member 13 may be transmitted to any desired member (not shown). Splined upon shaft 10 adjacent clutch member 13, so as to partake of the rotative movement of shaft 10, is a clutch member 15 ada ted to be thrown into and., out of mesh wit the member 13. Themember 15 is normally urged toward member 13 so as to engage therewith, by a spring 16, and enga ing member 15 in a suita le circumferentia slot 15 is the yoke end 17 of the lever 18 pivoted at 19 upon any suitable stationary frame member 19. One arm of lever 18 is provided with a roller 20 adapted to be en aged by the cam flan e 21 of cam 22 carrie by shaft 11. Cam ange 21 is lsubstantially concentric with the axis of cam 22 and is provided at one end with a short ortion 23 which is somewhat higher than t e main body of the cam ange,`the o posite end of said cam fiange ending a rupltly at 23. Cam 22 is provided in its perip ery with a notch 24 having ,a sharp shoulder 25. Cam 22 is adapted to be enaged by a roller 26 carried by'a lever 27, said ever having a yoke 28 adapted t'o engage in a circumferential groove 29 of the toothed throwing member 30, said member being splined upon shaft 1() so as to partake of its rotative movement and being engaged by a spring 31 which tends to hold roller 26 in enga ement with the cam.

The throwing member 30 is rovided upon its face with a plurality of teeth) 32 any one of which is adapted to engage a finger 33 carried by lever 18, the relation between teeth 32 and the pivot 19 of finger 33 being such that, as fin er 33 is swung about ivot 19 in one direction, it will be moved beyond the periphery of member 30 and hence out of en'- gagement with any one of theV teeth 32. It is desirable that one of the movements of lever 18 shall be sharp and decisive, although passes from beneath the shoulder 40 and per.

mits the lever 18 to move suddenly under the action of spring 16. Similarl roller '26 is -flanked at one side-by a sharp s oulder 41.

The operation is as follows. Starting the parts in the position as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, shafts 10 and 11 will be continuously rotated in the directions indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2. Almost immediately the higher portion 23 of the cam iiange 2 1 will pass from beneath roller 20 and therefore spring 16 will serve to shift the clutch member 15 almost into engagement with member 13, finger 33 of arm 18 swinging down to a point beyond the left hand face of thel throwing member 30. When shaft 11 has rotated far enough to bring the end 23 of flange 21 from beneath roller 20 said end 23 will then pass fromv beneath shoulder 40 whereu on lever 18 will be swung quickly in a cloc -wise direction by spring 16 and clutch member 1.5 will be thrown quickly into engagement with clutch member 13, this movement swing finger 33 of lever 18 farther down in frontlli the throwing member 30. Further yrotation of shaft 11 ultimately brings the shoulder 25 of cam 22 opposite shoul er 41 of lever 27 and said lever, as Well as the throwing member 3'0, is shifted to theleft (Fig. 1) so that one of the teeth 32 thereof will engage finger 33 of lever 18 whereu on the rotation of said throwing member wit shaft 10 will serve to swing lever 18 in a direction opposite to the movement reduced by spring 16 so as to withdraw clliitch member 15 ositivel fromv engagement with clutch mem er 13, t e end of finger 33 sliding along the teeth 32 until it passes to the circumference of said throwing member, at which time sp 31 causes member 30 to move slightly to the left (Fig. 1) so that the tip of finger 33 will rest and slide upon the turned circumference of member 30. Thereupon the shaft llhas rotated l sufficiently to bring the portion 23 of cam fl e 21 beneath roller 20 and thus swinging ever 18 slightly to raise the tip of Enger 33 from the circumference of member 30. Almost immediately cam 22 e ages lever 27 to move member 30 back to t le'position shown in Fig. 1 It will be seen that, by'this arrangement, the slowly'moving time-shaft merely serves to cause, at the ro er time, the actuator 30, to come sudde y into position to enga e finger 33 and that thereafter, moving ra i l as it does, and at the same speed as t e c utch member, it will operate quickly and positively upon the lever 18 to ositively withdraw the clutch member '15 rom the clutch member 13; and it will also be seen that this'withdrawal will take place with e ual positiveness and s eed at the same re ative point wholly in ependent of any load which may be carried by the driven clutch member and tending to hold the clutch memberstogether.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a pair of coactin clutch members, means for rotating one o said members, and means for shifting one of n said members into and out of coaction with the other, said means comprising an actuator, a cam, means for o, erating the actuator and cam, and interme iate'connections between the cam, actuator, and a clutch member for intermittently connecting the actuator and clutch member-'to cause adisengaging movement of said clutch member by subsequent movement of the actuator by the rotating member.

2. The combination of a pair of coacting clutch members, means for rotating one of said clutch members, and means for shifting one of said clutch members into and out of coaction with the other said means comprising a shifting lever, a rotative actuator rotating with the clutch member, means for bringing said shifting lever and actuator into coaction to positively shift the shifting lever inI positively shift the shifting leverinone direction by suchv coaction, means for throwing the clutch member into engagement with its fellow, and means for intermittently preventing such movement.` l

4. The combination of a pair of coacting. clutch members, a rotative shaft carrying one of said members, a lever adapted to engage said last mentioned clutch member lto shift the same axiall on its shaft, a spring adapted todrive sai clutch member axially toward itsiellow, a toothed actuator splined upon said shaft, a part carried by the shiftin lever and adapted to engage the teeth of sai( actuator, a spring adapted to drive said actuator toward enga ng position, a second shifting lever adapte to engage the actuator and shift the saine axially on its shaft, and a pair of cams `arran ed to act upon the two shifting levers, for t e-pur ose set forth.

In witness' whereof, I ave hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana,

this fifth day of May, A. D. ne thousand nine hundred and eight.

HARRY A. HANCOCK. [L. s.] Witnesses:

ARTHUR'M. Hoon, g THOMAS W. MoMEANs.

It is herchg.r certified that in Letters Patent No. 919,006, granted April 20, 1909,

upon the application of Harry A. Hancock, of Indianapolis, Indiana, for an improvement in Clutch Throw-Outs, were erroneously issued to said Harry A. Hancock as sole owner of said invention; whereas the said Letters Patent should have been issued to The' Brown Straw Binder Company, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a corporation of Indiana, as owner of the entire interest in said invention, as shown by the assignments of record in this oiice and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correotion therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ooe.

Signed and sealed this 11th day of May, A. D., 1909.

{ma} E. B. Moons,

Commissioner of Patents. 

